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400 Subway franchisees do not want $5 footlong deal to return, citing it hurts business

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<p>Subway is seen on March 8, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.</p>

By:
Scripps National Desk

Posted at 1:23 PM, Dec 14, 2017

and last updated2017-12-14 13:30:39-05

More than 400 Subway restaurant franchise owners are protesting a $5 footlong sandwich deal scheduled to start in January and last for two months.

The group is concerned with financial losses the deal will bring their way. In a letter dated Dec. 6 the petitioners sent to Subway, the group cited five years of deals that have "decimated" their profits, according to The New York Post.

Subway has had some negative press in recent years, with headlines about such things as its bread containing a "yoga mat" material and its spokesperson, Jared Fogle, being sentenced to prison on child porn charges.